Fragrant Shattered Jade: The Twin-Birth Scheme

Shen Zhaozhao, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei's household, bears a butterfly-shaped birthmark on her left wrist that conceals the secrets of the previous dynasty. At twelve, she took an arrow for Crown Prince Gu Chengyan and received half of a jade pendant engraved “Chengzhao” in return, unaware that this was the beginning of a political scheme. Yun Ruoxue, daughter of the Duke of Dingguo, hides a blade behind her smile. A yellow silk scrap marked “former crown prince” tied to a parrot's leg, and the silver butterfly pendant belonging to Shen Zhaozhao's elder brother, Shen Linyuan, both point toward a bloody mystery surrounding twin orphans. When flames engulf the tower, Gu Chengyan personally shoves her into the abyss. Only when shattered jade scatters does she learn that a birthmark can be erased, but true feelings are hard to discern. Twin bloodlines, three generations of grudges: amid the whirlpool of political intrigue, who is moving the pieces, and who is the jade caught in the trap? When the jade shatters and sorrow follows, she finally understands that love had long wound itself around her heart, yet she can no longer ask: Is your heart a calamity, or is it true?